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The Wat Pasantidhamma U.S. Dhamma Mission is dedicated to the teachings of the the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha. We use chanting, sitting mediation, walking meditation and Dhamma discussion to reach out to the English speaking community. Our temple (Wat) is located in Carrollton, VA, USA.

The Romanized Pālī Alphabet (Pālī Phonology)
The Romanized Pālī Alphabet is divided into eight vowels and thirty-two consonants:
1. Vowelsaāiīuūe0
2. Grouped Consonants Gutturalskkh g gh ṅPalatalsc ch j jh ñLingualsṭṭhḍḍh ṇDentalstth ddh n Labialspph bbh m
3. Ungrouped ConsonantsFricativey r l ḷ v SibilantsAspiratehNasal / Anusvara ṃ
4. Pālī Pronunciation
The principals of pronunciation employed in this book are in accordance with the Pālī chanting in the Thai of the Mahānikāya tradition in Thailand.
In general. letters or words are pronounced the same as in English, but some may be different. The following are illustrations:
VowelsShort Vowels - pronounced short sound
a - as o in ton or u in sun eg. tassa (tas-sa)
i - as i in sit eg. iti (i-ti)
u - as u in put or oo in look eg. Upāli (U-paa-li)Long Vowels - pronounced long sound
ā - as aa in father eg. kāyena (kaa-ye na)
ī - as ee in tree eg. veramanī (ve-ra-ma-nee)
ū - as oo in moon eg. lokavitū (lo-ka-vi-too)

This blog is dedicated to the those who take refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. It is dedicated to those who have supported and continue to support Wat Pasantidhamma. It is also dedicated to our teacher Ajan Udom. Finally it is dedicated to all those who wish to end suffering.

This blog is about the Chanting Book for English practitioners of the Theravada Forest tradition that can be found at Wat Pasantidhamma. This book was generously produced and given to those who want it. It is a simple guide in practice. The chants are in Pali and translated into English. This chanting is meant to awaken those into the practice of meditation.

This book will be reproduced fully here and made available to anyone who is interested. We will also provide digital recordings of the chants and video as time progresses.

Ajan Udom has given his permission this project. Gratefully we undertake this project with joy!

This chanting book is very simple but upon inspection it will reveal the Dhamma teac…